{BOOK ONE}...When literature student Jeon Jungkook steps in for his sick roommate to interview young prominent entrepreneur Kim Taehyung, he encounters a man who is beautiful, brilliant, and intimidating, but little does he perceive the encounter wi...
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Jungkook P.O.V.
I awake with a jolt. I think I've just fallen down some stairs in a dream, and I bolt upright, momentarily disorientated. It is dark, and I'm in Taehyung's bed alone. Something has woken me, some nagging thought. I don't like this.
I glance over at the alarm clock on his bedside. It is 5:00 in the morning, but I feel rested. Why is that?
Oh right- it's the time difference - it would be 8:00 a.m. in Georgia. Holy crap... I need to take my pill. I clamber out of bed, grateful for whatever it is that has woken me. I can hear faint notes from the piano.
Taehyung is playing. This I must see. I love watching him play. He plays beautifully.
Naked, I grab my bathrobe from the chair and wander quietly down the corridor, slipping on my robe and listening to the magical sound of the melodic lament that's coming from the great room.
Shrouded in darkness, Taehyung sits in a bubble of light as he plays, and his hair glints with burnished blonde highlights. He looks naked, though I know he's wearing his PJ bottoms. He's concentrating, playing beautifully, lost in the melancholy of the music. I hesitate, watching from the shadows, not wanting to interrupt him.
I want to hold him.
He looks lost, sad even, and achingly lonely - or maybe it's just the music that's so full of poignant sorrow. He finishes the piece, pauses for a split second, then starts to play it again.
I move cautiously toward him, drawn as the moth to the flame... the idea makes me smile.
He glances up at me and frowns before his gaze returns to his hands. Oh crap, is he pissed off that I am disturbing him?
"You should be asleep," he scolds mildly.
I can tell he's pre-occupied with something.
"So should you," I retort not quite as mildly.
He glances up again, his lips twitching with a trace of a smile.
"Are you scolding me, Mr. Jeon?"
"Yes, Mr. Kim, I am."
"Well, I can't sleep." He frowns once more as a trace of irritation or anger flashes across his face. With me? Surely not.
I ignore his facial expression and very bravely sit down beside him on the piano stool, placing my head on his bare shoulder to watch his deft, agile fingers caress the keys. He pauses fractionally, and then continues to the end of the piece.
"What was that?" I ask softly.
"Chopin. Opus 28, number 4. In E minor, if you're interested," he murmurs.
"I'm always interested in what you do."
He turns and softly presses his lips against my hair.
